NY Post on Bronx Synagogue Plot Informant
The New York Post has a useful little primer on the informant at the center of the alleged plot to bomb a Bronx synagogue.
According to the Post, the informant is an upstate New York motel owner named Shahed Hussain.
Hussain became an informant after being busted on fraud charges; Hussain worked as a translator for the DMV and helped immigrants cheat on driver's tests. His bid to become an informant, according to the Post, was driven by a desire to win leniency on the fraud charges and avoid being deported to Pakistan. [More...]
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